Bold Dragoon

by Thomas, Emory M.

• ISBN13: 9780806131931
• ISBN10: 0806131934
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

Jeb Stuart, leader of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia, earned the admiration of his enemies and the adulation of his friends during the first three years of the Civil War. Famed for his daring ride around McClellan during the Peninsula Campaign, his raid behind Union lines in Virginia and into Maryland and Pennsylvania, and his dashing good looks, high spirits and bravery, he was a legend long before he was fatally wounded at Yellow Tavern in 1864.

Author Biography

Emory M. Thomas is Professor of History at the University of Georgia and the author of Robert E. Lee, The Confederate Nation, 1861-1865, and The Confederate State of Richmond.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Oklahoma Edition	ix
Preface	xiii
Man as metaphor: An Epilogue by Way of Introduction	1	(4)
Young James	5	(13)
``Beauty''	18	(15)
Lieutenant Stuart	33	(16)
The Campaign For Captain	49	(19)
Colonel Stuart	68	(21)
General Stuart	89	(19)
Jeb	108	(22)
Major General Jeb	130	(21)
Knight of the Golden Spurs	151	(31)
Fame	182	(32)
``One of Those Fops''	214	(18)
Gettysburg	232	(25)
Stuart as Usual	257	(26)
``I Had Rather Die Than Be Whipped''	283	(15)
Metaphor As Man: Some Speculations by Way of Conclusion	298	(3)
Notes	301	(36)
Selected Bibliography	337	(10)
Index	347